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What happened on March 3? There are more than 294 events that were made this day in history. Here are the important historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

Interesting Facts & Myths About March 3

March 3 is the 62nd day of the year 2015. There are 303 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday. This day falls under the 10th week of the year 2015.

On this day in Tamaqua, Pennsylvania 18252 sunrise will occur at 12:33 PM and sunset will occur at 11:57 PM (local time).

The zodiac sign of a person born on this day is Pisces. The modern birthstone for this month is Aquamarine while the mystical birthstone is Jade.

According to the Chinese calendar, there are 342 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year (February 8, 2016).

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Historical Events For March 3

1284

The Statute of Rhuddlan incorporates the Principality of Wales into England.

1575

Indian Mughal Emperor Akbar defeats Bengali army at the Battle of Tukaroi.

1585

The Olympic Theatre, designed by Andrea Palladio, is inaugurated in Vicenza.

1776

American Revolutionary War: The first amphibious landing of the United States Marine Corps begins the Battle of Nassau.

1779

American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army is routed at the Battle of Brier Creek near Savannah, Georgia.

Opening of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the founding member of the HSBC Group.

1873

Censorship in the United States: The U.S. Congress enacts the Comstock Law, making it illegal to send any “obscene, lewd, or lascivious” books through the mail.

1875

Georges Bizet’s opera Carmen receives its première at the Opéra Comique in Paris.

1875

The first ever organized indoor game of ice hockey is played in Montreal, Canada as recorded in The Montreal Gazette.

1878

The Russo-Turkish War ends as Bulgaria regains its independence from Ottoman Empire according to the Treaty of San Stefano; shortly after Congress of Berlin stripped its status to an autonomous state of the Ottoman Empire.

1885

The American Telephone & Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York.

1904

Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany becomes the first person to make a sound recording of a political document, using Thomas Edison’s phonograph cylinder.

1905

Tsar Nicholas II of Russia agrees to create an elected assembly, the Duma.

1910

Rockefeller Foundation: J.D. Rockefeller Jr. announces his retirement from managing his businesses so that he can devote all his time to philanthropy.

1915

NACA, the predecessor of NASA, is founded.

1918

Germany, Austria and Russia sign the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk ending Russia’s involvement in World War I, and leading to the independence of Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.

1923

TIME magazine is published for the first time.

1924

The 1400-year-old Islamic caliphate is abolished when Caliph Abdul Mejid II of the Ottoman Empire is deposed. The last remnant of the old regime gives way to the reformed Turkey of Kemal Atatürk.

1924

The Free State of Fiume is annexed by Kingdom of Italy.

1931

The United States adopts The Star-Spangled Banner as its national anthem.

1938

Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia.

1939

In Mumbai, Mohandas Gandhi begins to fast in protest at the autocratic rule in India.

1940

Five people are killed in an arson attack on the offices of the communist newspaper Norrskensflamman in Luleå, Sweden.

1942

World War II: Ten Japanese warplanes raid the town of Broome, Western Australia, killing more than 100 people.

1943

World War II: In London, England, 173 people are killed in a crush while trying to enter an air-raid shelter at Bethnal Green tube station.

1944

The Order of Nakhimov and Order of Ushakov are instituted in USSR as the highest naval awards.

1945

World War II: A former Armia Krajowa unit massacres at least 150 Ukrainian civilians in Pawłokoma, Poland.

1945

World War II: American and Filipino troops recapture Manila in the Philippines.

1951

Jackie Brenston, with Ike Turner and his band, records “Rocket 88”, often cited as “the first rock and roll record”, at Sam Phillips’ recording studios in Memphis, Tennessee.

1953

A Canadian Pacific Airlines De Havilland Comet crashes in Karachi, Pakistan, killing 11.

1958

Nuri as-Said becomes the prime minister of Iraq for the 14th time.

1969

Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 9 to test the lunar module.

1972

Mohawk Airlines Flight 405 crashes as a result of a control malfunction and insufficient training in emergency procedures.

The tallest free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere, Sky Tower in downtown Auckland, New Zealand, opens after two-and-a-half years of construction.

2002

Citizens of Switzerland narrowly vote in favor of their country becoming a member of the United Nations.

2004

Belgian brewer Interbrew and Brazilian rival AmBev agree to merge in a $11.2 billion deal that forms InBev, the world’s largest brewer.

2005

Mayerthorpe Incident: James Roszko murders four Royal Canadian Mounted Police constables during a drug bust at his property in Rochfort Bridge, Alberta, then commits suicide. It is the deadliest peace-time incident for the RCMP since 1885 and the North-West Rebellion.

2005

Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly an airplane non-stop around the world solo without refueling.

2009

The building of the Historisches Archiv der Stadt Köln (Historical Archives) in Cologne, Germany, collapses.